09-005.
Found on March 04, 2009 in Champaign, IL.
Gordon Martz
P156-23-D41 bowl
Marshall Studios, Inc.
USA, c. 1960
Glazed ceramic
Hand signed
A couple years ago I found a set of three matching plates in this pattern, which is why it pained me to have to pass this up on a quick thrift shop jaunt this afternoon. It's $5 price tag is at the upper end of what I'm normally willing to pay for this type of thing in a thrift, but the real setback was a small chip on the rim. Not so long ago this chip wouldn't have bothered me, but with storage space at a premium and the "need" factor being fairly low damage of any kind has become an automatic deal breaker for me. "Quality before quantity" has become an important mantra for me, and while it is still difficult to let great little pieces like this go I think my collection as a whole is better off.
So if anyone is interested, this is right now sitting in the Champaign, IL, Salvation Army. Then pop on over to the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store in town and pick up the Marshall Studios creamer and sugar set that I've been passing up for the past six months. Unfortunately both of those pieces are chipped as well.
Brad commented: Now that my house has become full of "stuff" I pass now too on a lot of things I would have bought 5 years ago. I get a thrill when I find something (even if I pass it up) just knowing that it is around.
- 3.7.09
Barry A. Smith commented: You know, Marshal studios is an amazing pottery studio and anything buy them is enough to get the heart racing, but I must say this is a fairly mundane pattern for my tastes. Not crazy about the colors either.
I'm agreeing with Bryan and brad (and yourself) tat quantity is a 6 month fad.
- 3.15.09
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Bryan commented: I have to agree with you - recently, we've sort of made the switch to quality over quanitity. In the past, I was so excited at finding vintage pottery and glassware that I would just buy all of it regardless of condition. But having filled 25 or so boxes in the garage with stuff that will not fit in the house, we've slowed down dramatically. I suspect that in the long run it's probably good for both the budget and the collection to pass on the damaged items.